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Is Battle Creek, MI tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Battle Creek, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 3 utilities serving Battle Creek have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Battle Creek - Verona System and Springfield.

Battle Creek - Verona System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 107 ppb, above the legal limit.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Battle Creek’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Battle Creek - Verona System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Battle Creek

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Michigan certifies.

The 3 labs Michigan certifies closest to Battle Creek, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • BEST Labs Inc

    Richland, MI · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (269) 629-9287

  • Kalamazoo County HSD Laboratory

    Kalamazoo, MI · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (269) 373-5360

  • Kalamazoo Public Services Laboratory

    Kalamazoo, MI · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (269) 337-8550

All 193 certified labs for Michigan

ZIP codes in Battle Creek

Which ZIP codes are in Battle Creek: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: EGLE, State of Michigan certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Battle Creek

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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